Microsoft is revamping its search engine and exploiting the growth of social networking online.
SoundWave lets an ordinary laptop function like a Kinect sensor.
The creators of Placeme think "persistent tracking" will have all sorts of positive uses—from keeping tabs on your exercise habits to keeping watch over loved ones.
In this section, we examine the social technologies driving political change in the Arab world.
Are Facebook and Twitter really behind the revolutions shaking the Middle East? Or just artifacts of modern social upheaval? More >
Jonathan Zittrain calls for a technological solution to the ethical questions raised by Internet culture.
The joint venture builds on an existing MIT platform that serves 120,000 students worldwide.
The ability to automatically determine personality type could change the way social networks target services to users
Male editors dramatically outnumber female ones on Wikipedia and that could be dramatically influencing the online encyclopedia's content, according to a new study
The new techniques behind instant crowdsourcing makes human intelligence available on demand for the first time.
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